Pedro Borbon vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Pedro Borbon
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Pedro Borbon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pedro Borbon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.395 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Pedro Borbon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pedro Borbon and Otis Starks

Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
5.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.89
63.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
3.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3080
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1026.2
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1098
9.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.63
9.63
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.73
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
3.59
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4326
37.92
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
2.44
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.81
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3920
34.36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Pedro Borbon and Otis Starks

Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
5.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3078
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1026
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
1.95
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.81
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.79
92.79
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pedro Borbon and Otis Starks

Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
593
2130.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
560.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
114.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
107.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.62
23.79
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
75.45
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.82
24.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.59
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
44
158.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
3.8
3.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.34
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.59
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.59
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100